Duemling v. Fort Wayne Community Concerts, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding a suspended sentence, observing that the sentence was avoidable through future compliance
• punishment in form of fine which goes to State is characteristic of criminal procedure
• “In a civil contempt action the fine is to be paid to the aggrieved party, and imprisonment is for the purpose of coercing compliance with the order.”
• “‘If the judgment seeks to coerce the [contemnor] into doing an affirmative act by confinement in jail, it must provide that the imprisonment cease as soon as the act is done.’”
• willfulness is an essential element of criminal contempt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).